Hans Fredrik Grøvan

Hans Fredrik Grøvan
Christian Democratic Parliamentary Leader
In office
29 January 2019 – 30 September 2021
DeputyGeir Jørgen Bekkevold
LeaderKjell Ingolf Ropstad
Preceded byKnut Arild Hareide
Succeeded byOlaug Bollestad
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 2013 – 30 September 2021
ConstituencyVest-Agder
Mayor of Lyngdal
In office
18 October 1995 – 17 October 2007
Preceded byAnders Nøkland
Succeeded byIngunn Foss
Personal details
Born (1953-11-01) 1 November 1953 (age 71)
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Political partyChristian Democratic

Hans Fredrik Grøvan (born 1 November 1953) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the party’s parliamentary leader from 2019 to 2021.

Career

Parliament

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 2013. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 2001–2005.

On 29 January 2019, Grøvan was appointed the party’s parliamentary leader after Knut Arild Hareide resigned from the position.[1]

Grøvan ran for re-election for the 2021 election, but lost the nomination to Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius in November 2020. The party went on to lose five seats in Parliament in the election on 13 September 2021.[2][3]

Local politics

On the local level he was the mayor of Lyngdal from 1995 to 2007. He was chairman of the board of Agder Energi to 2005.

References

  1. ^ "Hareide trekker seg som parlamentarisk leder for KrF" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Grøvan mistet siste sjanse – Lossius vant nominasjonsdramaet" (in Norwegian). Vårt Land. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Tidligere Hareide-rådgiver: Dette valget er KrFs død" (in Norwegian). VG. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.


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